How to disable Modern Standby?

Question

Hi I want to disable windows Modern Standby because it is dosen't allowing some features to activate. My pc is F0GH00MHIN

Answer 1

You cannot switch between Modern Standby and S3 simply by changing a setting in the UEFI. Switching is not supported - it requires a complete OS re-install.

Modern Standby has important advantages over S3, which is why many PC manufacturers no longer ship with S3 or support it. I think it's in your best interest to reconsider.

Answer 2

Hello,

In addition:

If you disabled Modern Standby and your PC crashes when entering S3, you can press and hold the power button to force a hard shut down, press the power button again to turn on, and enable Modern Standby below again.

This can happen if the device OEM has not included support for S3 in the BIOS/UEFI firmware.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/disable-modern-standby-in-windows-10-and-windows-11.3929/

Answer 3

Hello Ayushmaan,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community and I'll be glad to assist you today.

I understand that you would like to disable the Modern standby feature in Windows 11.

Modern Standby is a newer power-saving state (Sleep mode is the older one) that allows your computer to remain connected to the internet and to receive updates and notifications even when it is asleep. This makes it possible to resume your work or game quickly and easily when you return to your computer.

You can disable it from the command prompt:

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Type or paste the command below and click enter.

reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0​

You will receive a "The operation completed successfully" message. Once done, type exit to close the command prompt and restart your computer.

Here's the related article for your reference:

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-disable-moder...

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If you are using a registry editor to make changes as described in the article, backup your registry settings before modifying the registry key.

Disclaimer: Generally, modifying registry subkeys or work group is intended for advanced users, administrators, and IT Professionals. It can help fix some problems, however, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For further protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click How to back up and restore the registry in Windows - Microsoft Support to view the article.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/855140ad-e31...

I hope this information helps. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will be happy to help you further.

Best regards,

Gunasekar N

Answer 4

Drivers are already updated now how I set the bios to default? In bios I have the option disable Modern Standby but I can't disable it.

Answer 5

Update drivers only via the Lenovo update tool, vantage, do NOT update from any other source including Win 11 update "Get latest updates" which should be off.

Then set bios to defaults & Pwr to balanced